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• A lot of it is around the water reuse.
• I know that uh our water the water reuse I know that uh our water use<00:45:20.599> for<00:45
• possibility that they might be reusing possibility that they might be reusing water<00:46:31.760
• <00:46:51.280> of<00:46:51.440> water water standards are for reuse of water water
• standards are for reuse of water having<00:46:53.079> uh<00:46:53.200> run<00:46:53.400

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The League supports policies that reduce the generation and promote the reuse and recycling of waste
• My county ...reuse and recycling of waste materials. I'm from Los Alamos County.
• And we talk about how there are economic opportunities for businesses to reduce, reuse, and recycle,
• we do have a couple that do that, then there are economic opportunities for businesses to reduce, reuse

Bills: SB38, SB46, SB18

Keywords: SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, SB46, organic waste, solid waste, waste diversion, composting, compost feedstock, waste characterization study

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• Paparo's home, and a representative from District 14 was there along with the good friend Faith Chase of Reuse
• /c><00:32:47.039> Faith<00:32:47.360> Chase<00:32:47.600> of<00:32:47.840> Reuse
• the good friend Faith Chase of Reuse the good friend Faith Chase of Reuse Hawaii<00:32:49.360>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Clean waters for wastewater storm water reuse and then of course drinking water. for our drinking water
• Water plan projected that the new surface water supplies will come from new water supply reservoirs. reuse
• In 2023 and 2024, we issued water rights for two major water supply reservoirs, three reuse permits,
• Consortium to elevate the reuse of treated produced water to expand the state's water portfolio.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Manager; and Madison Simi's Food and Nutrition Manager Nohemi Olivares, and Diana Gogol, the Bold Reuse
• Supported through an ADEQ grant and in partnership with Bold Reuse, thank you, Deanna, for being here
• Bold Reuse. Bold Reuse is a leader in circular reuse systems.
• Bold Reuse is a woman-owned business that is really embodying the circular economy movement in Arizona

Keywords: 1182, all

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• flow through our economy and how many of them are currently being lost to landfills instead of being reused
• and the high cost that goes into making sure their most valuable components can be extracted and reused
• and the high cost that goes into making sure their most valuable components can be extracted and reused
• c><00:40:08.680> One<00:40:08.920> suggestion<00:40:09.520> to extracted and reused
• One suggestion to extracted and reused.

Bills: HF4211, HF3426, HF4819, HF3466, HF3793, HF3339

Keywords: air pollution, lead emissions, continuous emissions monitoring system, CEMS, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MPCA, environmental monitoring, emission compliance, air quality, public health, industrial pollution, permitted facility, residential exposure, toxic metals, emission limits, pollution control, stack monitoring, real-time emissions monitoring, natural resources, environment

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• Number two, maximize reuse of closed-loop systems.
• We reuse our wastewater.
• Reuse every drop.
• of gallons of reused water for just data centers.
• We need purple pipe water reuse infrastructure now, not later.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Senators, this good bill, Senate Bill 362, helps renters by allowing them to reuse tenant screening reports
• Senate Bill 362 helps renters by allowing them to reuse tenant screening reports, reducing the financial
• What it does is it gives an opportunity to reuse the background screening reports and those reports for
• So is it in your intent then in this legislation to provide clarity to landlords that they can reuse

Summary: The Judiciary Committee considered a long agenda of claims bills, housing and business measures, and court-administration legislation. It reported favorably several claims bills, including SB 20 for J.N., a minor, SB 14 for the estate of Pennial Janvier, SB 10 for Sidney Holmes, SB 8 for Marcus Button, SB 22 for Eric and Jennifer Miles, and SB 26 for Kristen and Leah McIntosh. Members also approved SB 520 on curators of estates, SB 386 on self-storage lien-sale notices, SB 362 on reusable tenant screening reports, SB 316 creating series LLCs in Florida, and SB 1650 and SB 1652 on vexatious litigants and related public-records issues. SB 248, expanding eligibility for private school and homeschool students to participate in FHSAA sports at public schools, also passed after amendment. Most of the claims bills were described as settled cases with amounts above sovereign-immunity limits, and several senators spoke in support of compensating victims of catastrophic injury or wrongful conviction. SB 10 drew comments about the 34 years Sidney Holmes spent incarcerated after a wrongful conviction, and SB 8 prompted discussion about the long delay in resolving Marcus Button’s injuries from a 2006 school-bus crash. SB 26 was presented as an uncontested claim arising from a DACS employee’s fatal crash that severely injured two teenage girls, and the committee adopted an amendment placing funds for the minor claimant into trust. The policy bills drew more substantive debate. SB 386 would let self-storage operators use websites instead of newspaper ads for lien-sale notices, with newspaper representatives opposing the change and storage-industry witnesses supporting modernization and lower costs. SB 362 would let renters reuse tenant screening reports for 30 days, with the sponsor saying it would reduce repeated application fees. SB 316 would authorize series LLCs while adding record-keeping protections, and SB 1650/1652 would broaden Florida’s vexatious-litigant rules and create a public-records exemption for certain stricken filings. SB 248 passed over concerns from private-school and public-education witnesses about instructional time, funding, and fairness in athletic participation. All measures were reported favorably, with recorded votes ranging from 7-2 on SB 248 to unanimous or near-unanimous support on the other bills.

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• terminology, although there's a lot of overlap. ...between the terms they use, which are capture, storage, reuse
• These include paint retailers, hardware stores, material reuse stores, and county-run moderate risk waste
• And then about 3% is diverted and reused.
• Facilities that go in the landfill, and then about 3% is diverted and reused.
• Right-sizing products, using non-toxic ingredients, and designing for reuse lowers costs for producers

Summary: The committee held an interim work session focused first on carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS), then on hazardous waste and extended producer responsibility (EPR). On the CCUS topic, industry and nonprofit presenters described point-source capture, direct air capture, mineralization, and geologic sequestration, emphasizing Washington’s basalt formations and state trust lands as strong candidates for storage. They argued that CCUS can help hard-to-abate industrial sectors, support jobs and investment, and provide a pathway for compliance, while also noting the need for clearer permitting, subsurface rights, pipeline authority, and storage infrastructure. Ecology and Commerce staff explained current state policy touchpoints, including Cap-and-Invest offsets and exemptions for permanently stored CO2, the public comment process underway to define “thousand-year” permanence, and how CCUS might fit within the Clean Energy Transformation Act without counting emitting generation as non-emitting. Some presenters supported more state action and primacy over federal permitting, while others warned about costs, energy use, uncertain capture performance, and the need to ensure real net greenhouse gas reductions and long-term liability protections. Members asked about public meetings, whether mineralized carbon would qualify as exempt under the Climate Commitment Act, the timeline for Ecology guidance, aquifer and water-quality concerns, energy intensity of capture systems, and liability if storage later proves problematic. Responses said Ecology’s guidance process is already underway, public meetings will be virtual, mineralized carbon would likely qualify if it meets the permanence standard, and EPA rules require storage in deep saline formations below drinking water aquifers. Industry speakers said capture energy use varies by source and concentration, and one presenter noted that some states use trust funds funded by injectors to address long-term liability. The second half of the session shifted to hazardous waste and EPR. Ecology staff reviewed existing product stewardship programs for electronics, paint, batteries, and mercury lights, and described moderate risk waste and household hazardous waste management in Washington. They highlighted that E-Cycle and PaintCare are producer-funded, that the battery stewardship program will begin in 2027, and that the mercury lamp program is in transition after its prior stewardship organization exited, prompting enforcement notices and a pending replacement plan. Ecology recommended best practices for future EPR programs, including clear producer and product definitions, full producer funding, convenience standards, annual reporting, and strong agency enforcement and plan approval authority. Local government speakers from King County and Douglas County described rising collection costs, equity and access barriers, rural travel distances, and the need for stable funding and flexible local implementation. King County said it collected over 3 million pounds of hazardous products in 2025 and supports EPR as a way to shift costs from ratepayers to producers, while Douglas County emphasized that rural residents will participate when services are accessible and that future systems should account for geography and local infrastructure.

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• those batteries in and then break them down for their minerals and then dispose of them properly or reuse
• those batteries in and then break them down for their minerals and then dispose of them properly or reuse
• dispose of them minerals and then dispose of them properly<00:21:21.600> or<00:21:22.120> reuse
• the<00:21:22.640> minerals<00:21:23.080> or<00:21:23.240> the properly or reuse
• the minerals or the properly or reuse the minerals or the the<00:21:23.920> the<00:21:24.080>

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 01:00 SB 100 Discussion 02:09 SB 100 Roll Call Vote 10:50 SB 8 Discussion 11:46 SB 8 Roll Call Vote 15:44 SB 49 Discussion 16:32 SB 49 Roll Call Vote 25:43 SB 222 Discussion 28:23 SB 222 Roll Call Vote 29:48, 958, all

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• member-supported statewide nonprofit that works throughout New Mexico to inspire New Mexicans to rethink, reduce, reuse
• regular basis about this, and I appreciate the intent of this because we are talking about reduce, reuse
• Whereas in a town like Santa Fe, where reduce, recycle, reuse is a value of this community, right?
• and our distilleries that we're supporting in our wineries have to buy their bottles, and you can't reuse
• So if there's an opportunity to reuse the materials, put them in the roads and things like that, it's

Bills: SB47, SB110, SB122, SB143, SB168

Keywords: food recovery, composting, waste management, solid waste surcharge, organic waste reduction, environment, grants, advisory group, bosque management, Rio Grande, environmental protection, water resources, fiscal appropriation, drinking water, well owners, water testing, water treatment, public health, agriculture, New Mexico Department of Agriculture

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• I think are you describing wastewater treatment or, like, a reuse situation? Reuse, yeah.
• Describe how we can reclaim wastewater and then reuse that water, both for in-stream benefits as well
• So our goal, when we're reusing water and looking at how best to distribute that reuse, that treated

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee held a work session covering the state revenue outlook, caseload forecasts, wildfire costs, budget balance, tort liability, water supply, and pension policy. The Economic and Revenue Forecast Council reported modest near-term U.S. growth, no near-term Washington employment growth in 2026, continued personal income growth, and elevated inflation, with tariffs and federal policy cited as major risks. Revenue forecasts were slightly improved for the current biennium by about $105 million but down about $185 million for the next biennium. Members asked about income inequality and housing permits; staff said personal income is an aggregate measure and housing production remains below long-term needs. The Caseload Forecast Council then reported that most forecasts were unchanged or only slightly changed, but several programs increased, including Washington College Grant, Working Connections, aged/blind/disabled cash grants, nursing homes, home and community services, and developmental disabilities personal care. The largest policy-driven change was in Medicaid low-income adult caseloads, where federal H.R. 1 was projected to reduce coverage substantially through narrower eligibility, community engagement requirements, and shorter eligibility periods. The committee also heard a wildfire funding update and a 2025 fire season review. Staff explained that the state budgets $93 million annually for suppression and uses supplemental appropriations for costs above that level, with an estimated state supplemental need of about $139 million for the current year. Department of Natural Resources officials said 2025 fire activity remained below the 10-year average in acres burned, but fires were more complex and closer to communities, contributing to higher residence loss. They described expanded use of aircraft, firefighters from other states, corrections crews, and the Arcadia 20 hand crew, and said the state did not need National Guard ground support this year. A budget preview then showed that the near general fund outlook had worsened after vetoes, lapses, and forecast changes, and that maintenance-level costs alone would leave a projected negative balance by fiscal year 2027 and about $4.3 billion by fiscal year 2029, before any policy decisions. Jason Seams, the state risk manager, reported a sharp rise in tort claim costs, with indemnity expenses nearly doubling from fiscal year 2023 to 2025 and DCYF accounting for most of the increase. He said the state self-insurance liability account has run deficits for four straight biennia and is now facing nearly $600 million in deficits, driven largely by a surge in DCYF claims, especially juvenile rehabilitation and long-running sex abuse cases. Members asked about the role of old claims, comparisons with other states, excess insurance, and whether more Attorney General staff could reduce special assistant attorney general costs. The committee then shifted to water policy, hearing from tribal leaders, Ecology, and the Washington Water Trust. Tribal witnesses emphasized overappropriation, declining flows, climate impacts, and the need for legislative oversight and tribal participation in water policy. Ecology described major projects in the Odessa sub-area, Yakima Basin, and Dungeness, along with the need for storage, recharge, conservation, and policy changes to support water supply development. The Washington Water Trust argued that climate change is reducing summer flows and that the state needs more funding, enforcement, and long-term commitment to restore instream flows. The final item was a pension update on LEOFF 1 surplus assets; staff reviewed two 2025 bills that would have merged or restructured the plan and used surplus assets, but neither passed, and instead the budget directed the Select Committee on Pension Policy to study the issue and report back.

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• There's another $2.9 million in there for water reuse rules in an effort to implement the 50-year water
• There's another $2.9 million in there for water reuse rules in an effort to implement the 50-year water
• There is not a water reuse rule necessary for the desalination of brackish water.
• There is not a water reuse rule necessary for the desalination of brackish water.
• It is all going for the treatment and reuse or use of brackish water.

Summary: The committee first recognized Mark Roper of the Economic Development Department for his long service and retirement, with members and the secretary praising his work on economic development across the state. Secretary Rob Black then presented EDD’s budget and special appropriation requests, describing strong recent job and income growth and outlining the department’s strategy around science and technology, site readiness, workforce development, foreign direct investment, and rural/community programs. He highlighted wins in advanced energy, quantum, space and defense, and biosciences, and asked for funding for quantum/DARPA matching funds, additional site readiness work, LIDA closing funds, JTIP training support, New Mexico Partnership, and healthy foods and other community programs. Members asked detailed questions about the quantum proposal, site readiness, the new mapping tool for industrial sites, workforce participation, trade missions, foreign investment, tariffs, water and produced water, tribal site evaluation, and public engagement on major projects. Black said the quantum request was intended to match federal dollars and build a workforce pipeline, that the site-readiness software would be a set enterprise license, and that the department was working with tribes and local partners on future site evaluations. He also said tariffs have created uncertainty but New Mexico’s infrastructure and foreign trade zones could help attract manufacturing, and he acknowledged concerns about transparency and community input while noting that some projects, such as Pacific Fusion, had gone through extensive public processes. The committee also discussed specific projects and funding balances, including Mantis Space’s move to Albuquerque, the status of Virgin Galactic’s spaceport lease, and the current LIDA fund balance and encumbrances. Black and Deputy Secretary Isaac Romero said the department was trying to use State Investment Council-backed venture funds to attract companies and that the new investments were already producing deals and jobs. Members generally supported the department’s direction but pressed for more targeted expertise, faster deployment, and stronger community involvement in future economic development decisions. Later, Secretary de Blassie of the Department of Health presented the department’s budget request and progress report. He said DOH had improved revenue cycle management, reduced old Medicaid-pending cases, increased census at facilities, improved budget and contract timeliness, and responded effectively to the measles outbreak. The department requested additional base funding for epidemiology and response, the DOH helpline, the Vital Records Virtual Vault, state labs, and the veterans home, along with special requests for respiratory vaccinations and marketing and lab equipment replacement. He also noted progress on MOUD and the medical psilocybin program, and said the department was not seeking to launch new programs given the limited time left in the administration.

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• Okay, if you look we're still not at a hundred percent reuse by any of the large players out there.
• In 2020, only had a 57% wastewater reuse. that jumped up to 74% and they were the largest producer in
• They then jumped up to 40%. 41% water reuse.
• How do we incentivize the reuse?
• that water for beneficial reuse.

Bills: HB19, HB30, HB851, HB1663, HB1681, HB1769, HB1937, HB1979, HB2428, HB2433, HB2825, HB3159, HB3424, HB3486, HB3487, HB3504, HB3605, HB3879, HB3994, HB4382, HB4752, HB5444, HB5446, HB5447, HB3199, HB4847, HB19

Keywords: local government debt, property tax, ad valorem tax, bond election, certificate of obligation, anticipation note, school district tax rate, voter-approval rate, debt service cap, municipal finance, county bonds, flood control district, hospital district, public works, tax transparency, property tax notice, November uniform election date, general obligation bonds, local debt reform, taxpayer notice

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• I'll find that we have reuse water.
• There was a land rush on reuse water in the early part of this century.
• So all of the entities that had the potential to capture and use their reuse water did so.
• It could be pulling some reuse water, which also belongs to us.

Bills: HB24, HB27, HB24, HB27

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management, 997, house, all

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• California has the robust regulatory process and remains a sustainable leader in reducing, reusing, and
• And reusing them as well. Yes. So, one more question.
• There's Beth Olasso on behalf of Water Reuse California, opposed unless amended.
• I've also been asked to register support for water reuse California.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Our board is very concerned about that, developing a viable reuse plan.
• So we want a really viable, good reuse plan for that facility, and that's really important to us.
• Our board is very concerned about that, developing a viable reuse plan.
• So we want a really viable, good reuse plan for that facility, and that's really important to us.
• <00:35:10.119> plan<00:35:10.400> for want a really viable good reuse plan for want

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We will focus on legislation that continues our state's commitment to beneficial reuse and work to find
• A lot of that water today is now cleaned up again and reused as we're using frack jobs, and this is brackish
• Um, those water, that water's being recycled and reused in the, the oil field a lot for, for, uh, wells
• Up and be and be reused. So that's the ultimate goal for a lot of this water. It's a process.
• So what can we do to help promote the recycling and reuse, because as you said actually very smartly

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• This legislation continues our state's commitment to beneficial reuse and work to find ways to ensure
• That water today is now cleaned up again and reused as we are using fresh water.
• That water is being recycled and reused. It's being used in the oil field a lot for wells.
• To see how it grows and that it can be cleaned up and be reused.
• So what can we do to help promote... the recycling and reuse?

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• undertaking in these projects And then one cautionary note, Madam Chair, about the water and the water reuse
• We've throughout the interim in various Committees received reports about water reuse, and how the studies
• We're still in the process Of studying whether the reuse of water or brackish water is actually going
• to be a healthy and safe Of studying whether the reuse of water or brackish water is actually going
• pretty apparent that we're just breaking ground in terms of understanding the sustainability Of using reused

Keywords: 996, all